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, itn to a ftate like unto that of the fcetus before birth. In 

 this condition they continue, till by lengtli of time matiirat- 

 iiig the procefs, or by new heat, the fluids are attenuated, 

 the folids tlimulated, and the functions begin where they 

 kft off. See Dr. Stevenfon in Med. Ed. Edinb. vol. v. 

 art. 177. See MlcKATiON. 



Sleeper, in Building, a name ufcd for the obhque rafter, 

 It lies in a gutter. 



.Sleepers, in the Glafs Trade, are the large iron b^rs 

 f ifling the fmaller ones, and hindering the paflage of the 

 oals, but leaving room for the afhes. 

 Sleeper-s, in the Military Art. Sec Pl.atform. 

 Sleepers, in Ship- Building, pieces of long compafs- 

 tiniber, fayed and bolted diagonally upon the tranfoms and 

 timbers adjoining withinfide, to Ihengthen the buttock of 

 the (hip. There are from two to three pairs. 



SLEEPY Creek, in Geography, a river of America, in 

 North Carolina, which runs into the Atlantic, N. lat. 34^ 

 43'. W. long. 76° 44'. 



SLEETS, in Gunnery, are the parts of a mortar, paffmg 

 from the chamber to the trunnions, for Itrengthening that 

 part. 



SLEEVE, HiPPOCRATEs'j. See Hippocrate.s. 



SLEIDAN, John, in Biography, a celebrated hiftorian, 



was born in 1506 at Sleidan, a imall town at Cologne. 



His origin, it has been inferred, was obfcure, becaufe he 



took no other name than that of the town in which he was 



orn. He received the early part of his education in his 



.'.live country, and then went to Paris, whence he removed 



10 Orleans, in order that he might itudy the law as a pro- 



fefiion. On his return to Paris, he was recommended by 



his countryman and fchool-fcUow, J. Sturmius, to cardinal 



archbifhop du Bellay, who obtained for him a penhon, and 



initiated him into the routine of public bufinefs. In 1542 



he was obliged, owing to his attachment to the reformed 



rehgion, to retire to Strafburg. He war. at firil a follower 



of Zuingle, but he afterwards joined the Lutherans, and 



became a confiderable writer in their defence. He was alfo 



"ntrulled with employments <jf confiderable importance to 



the welfare of the party which he had joined. In 1545 he 



was deputed to the king of England; and in 1551 he was 



one of the Proteltant envoys to the council of Trent, 



which, however, was foon diffblved by the troops of 



Maurice, eledlor of Saxony. The death of his wife, which 



happened in 1555, threw him into a deep melancholy, which 



had the calamitous effeft of obliterating liis memory to fuch 



a degree, that he did not know even his own children. He 



died at Strafburg, in the following year. He is chiefly 



known as an author by a work, entitled " De Statu Re- 



ligionis et Reipublicx Carolo Quinto Cxfare, Commentaria, 



Lib. XXV." which was firlt publilhcd in 1555. It corh- 



prehcnds the hiltory of his own times, from 15 1 7 to the 



year of its publication, and has always been in great credit 



among the Proteltants ; though it has been charged with 



partiality by Catholic writers, and by the adherents of the 



emperor Charle.s. " Much of it," fays his biographer, 



" is extracted from public records, and from the archives of 



the city of Strafburg, witli which he was furnifhed by his 



friend J. Sturmius." De Thou fpcaks of it as a work 



drawn up " exatta fide et diligentia," and he praifes very 



highly the writer's learning and talents for bufinefs. This 



work has been tranflated into feveral modern languages : 



tlie French verfion was made by Ia' Courayer. Another 



celebrated work of Sleidan's is a compendium of ancient 



hillory, entitled " De qiiatuor Summis Inipcriis, Lib. tres," 



which has gone through a great number of editions. He 



publifhed likcwife a Latin tranflation of the Hiltory of 



Philip de Comines, and an abridgment of that of FroifTart, 

 befides verfions of other works on general hiflory and 

 pohtics. 



SLEKTENES, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the 

 North fea, near the coafl of Lapland. N. lat. 70° 25'. 



SLEMISH, or Slen'ish, a mountain of the county of 

 Antrim, Ireland, near the centre, and forming a very con- 

 fpicuous objeft from moft parts of the county. Dr. 

 Richardfon calls it a round hummock, formed by an accu- 

 mulation of reftilineal bafaltic llrata of fleady parallelifm. 

 The height, as meafurcd by the barometer, is 1398 feet. 

 See Hummock. 



SLESWICK, Duchy of, fometimes called South Jut- 

 land, (fee Denmark and Jutl.vnd,) a province of Den- 

 mark, bounded on the north by Jutland, on the eaft by the 

 Baltic, on the fouth by the duchy of Holftein, and on the 

 well by the North fea ; about 72 miles in length, and from 

 30 to 56 in breadth, without including feveral iflands on the 

 coail. The country is well fuoplied with corn, cattle, and 

 lifli ; it has no mountains, and but few eminences that de- 

 ferve the name of hills. The foil is, in general, well culti- 

 vated, and agriculture is much encouraged by the crown. 

 Slefwick has from time immemorial been united to Denmark, 

 but has fometimes been given to a brother of the reigning 

 king, as a fief ; but this grant has produced confiderable 

 difputes, more efpecially in the laft century, when the duke 

 in pofleffion attempted to become an independent prince. 

 In 1720 it was recovered to the crown. The adminiflra- 

 tion is veiled in a governor, chancellor, vice-chancellor, and 

 counfellors : the governor refides at Gottorp. The in- 

 habitants are a mixture of Danes, Saxons, Frifchians, and 

 Hollanders, who refpeftively fpeak their own languages. 

 The prevalent religion is Lutheran. This duchy contains 

 feveral towns, and 1500 villages. 



Sleswick, the capital of the above duchy, fituated on 

 the river or gulf of Sley ; formerly called " Hetheby," 

 from queen Hetha, who was the founder. After having 

 undergone a variety of viciflitudes, it is now no longer a 

 port, the Sley being choaked up with fand. It is an irre- 

 gular town of great length, and contains about 5630 in. 

 habitants. The houfes are conllrucfcd with brick, and in 

 neatnefs and manner of building rcfcmble thofe of Holland ; 

 the inhabitants are alfo the Dutch, and many of them fpeak 

 their tongue, though the ufual languages are the German 

 and the Danifh. Clofe to Slefwick is the old palace of 

 Gottorp, which is a large brick edifice, furrounded with 

 a rampart and moat. It was formerly the ducal rcfidciice, 

 and more lately inhabited by the ftadtholdcr or governor, 

 prince Charles of HeiTe Callel, who married Louifa, princefs 

 of Denmark. From this calUe the ducal line, formed by 

 Adolphus, fon of Frederic I. king of Denmark, was de- 

 nominated Hulltein-Gottorp, which ftill iublllls in the per- 

 lon of the great duke of Rullia ; 60 miles N. of Hamburg. 

 N. lat. 54° 33'. E. long. 9° 34'. 



SLETDALER, or Safe Rixdollar, in Commerce, a 

 money of account in Denmark, reckoned at 4 mark?, or 

 64 fkillings Danifh. 



SLICES, in Ship- Building, tapering pieces of plank, 

 ufed to drive between the timbers before planking, as now 

 praitifed in the navy, for fetting up a fliip on her ways for 

 launching, &c. 



SLICH, in Metallurgy, the ore of any metal, parti- 

 cularly of gold, when it has been pounded, and prei>ared 

 for farther working. 



The manner of preparing the flich at Crcmnitz, in Hun- 

 gary, is this : they lay a foundation of wood three yards 

 deep, upon this tl^y place the ore, and over lliis there arc 



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